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  • Male surpasses female in new INEC CVR report

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    In preparations to the 2019 General Elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday released data of its continuous voters registration (CVR) exercise. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports a gender analysis of the data shows that 7,386,583 females and 6,247,831 males have been registered so far, resulting in a total of 13,634,414 new registrants. According to…

  • Voters registration: Delta State declares public holiday

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has declared Thursday 16 and Friday 17 August 2018 public holiday to ensure public servants in the state participate fully in the ongoing voters registration exercise. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports this was disclosed in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Festus Agas. According to the statement, the…

  • CSOs urge eligible voters in Anambra to register with INEC

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on eligible voters in Anambra to register with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the end of the current phase of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The groups made the call in Awka during a one-day sensitisation workshop on Electoral Participation for youths on Sunday. Mrs Chioma Okeke,…

  • Bayelsa Govt to sensitise citizenry over uncollected PVCs

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Bayelsa Government has pledged to mobilise its citizenry to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to enable them to fully participate in the 2019 general elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that no fewer than 28, 590 PVCs were yet to be collected by their owners while more than 65,000 new voters…

  • CVR: INEC registers 125,198 new voters in Enugu

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    Olaotan Falade
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    No fewer than 125,198 eligible voters have registered for the first and second quarters in the Continuous Voters Registration in Enugu State. The state Independent National Electoral Commissioner, Mr Emeka Ononamadu, said on Saturday that 56,562 eligible persons registered in the second quarter of the CVR that ended on Sept. 19 in the state. He…

  • INEC moves to create more voters registration centres in Lagos

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    Peter Tuketu
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    Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun moves to create additional centres for Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in 13 local government areas of Lagos state. This is even as INEC has explained that the high volume of uncollected Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) in Lagos state, which TheNewsGuru.com estimates to be in region of 1.4 million,…

  • INEC to decide on political associations seeking registration Wednesday

    INEC to decide on political associations seeking registration Wednesday

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would on Wednesday disclose its decision on political associations seeking to be registered as political parties. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen at ongoing workshop to review INEC’s Communication Policy, on Monday in Abuja. Yakubu said the decision would…

  • CVR: My ghost responsible for double registration – Gov Bello

    CVR: My ghost responsible for double registration – Gov Bello

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has dismissed allegation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that he registered twice as a voter in Abuja and subsequently in Lokoja. Bello stated this when he spoke to State House correspondents in Abuja on Friday after observing the two-raka’at Juma’at prayer at the Aso Rock Mosque. TheNewsGuru.com recalls…